Transom-lifter



(No Model.)

G. J. DICKSON. TRANSOM LIFTER.

No. 398,240. y Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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erating-rod C can be locked at any point of its movement by the looking` device herein shown and described, or by one that is snb stantially the same.

I claim as my inventioml. In a,transom-mljnster, the Combination oi an operating-rod whose npper end is fitted to slide on a `guide that is lQecnred to the doorcasing, a joint-bar having' its lower end artien lated to the nppcr end of said operating-rod, and its opposite end bein g fitted to engage in a slotted bracket which is secured to the tran- Som-light, said joint-bar being provided with a pivot-pin arranged interlnediately between its ends, and a winging arm having one end pivoted to a fixed point on the door-casing and the opposite end pi-voted to the pivot-pin of said joint-bar, as and 'for the purpose herein specified.

2. ln a transom-:ulinsier, the Combination of an operating-rod havingl aseries of notches formed therein, a bracket which guides said operating-rod and is provided with a locking'- piece which moves in a direction transversely to the movement of Said operating-rod, said locking-piece beingI provided with a Slotted openingl which has at one end an enlargement through which the body oi said operating-rod can Slide freely, and at the opposite end a lip which is Iitted to engage in any one of Said notches, as and i'or the purpose herein specified.

GILBERT J. DICKSON.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Low, S. B. BREWER. 

